The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-06-18
IN THE LABOR WORLD.
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,--wilkesbarre is TO have q large machine
mandatory.
The bill to prohibit the employment Of
any child under twelve years Of age in any
mil, factory or mine, has been signed by
Governor Beaver.
Two hundred and twenty-five miles Of
railroad track vas laid last week in the
United States, making 1884 miles for the
year, against IlOs miles in 1885.
- The mana gement of the Reading rail-
road company is making extensive arrange
merits to use bituminous coal as fuel on all
its freight engines. 1t is contended that
anthracite is too valuable an 9iticle TO be
used for freight purposes.
1t is reported npon good authority that
the branch, of the Baltimore and Ohio now
in course OF construction to Leiper' qnarries
will be continued to Media and thence TO
Newtown Square, finally connecting With
the Reading at Bridgeport
-Seyen hundred coal miners at Sanford
& Co.'S and Beading Bros mines, on the
Pittshure, Charters and Youghiogheny
Railroad, have refused to go to work until
the company store is banished and cash
paid for their labor instead Of store or
ders.
The Reading Railroad Company has
contracted with the Harrisburg Car Com
v,on, Co.. tba o,,af rroti,., of fvo bundrad
coal cars at at cost of about $500, 600. II
will take eight months time to S8il the order.
The car shops Ia, Reading are crowded with
work, end cenld not Build the cars iip
tiiee.
--'The employees of slre AoclIiel Iron
Works, at Harrisburg, who were asked to
accept reduction Of wages in order that
the works might be started gp sgain to
turn out large contracts on hand which
had been taken at low figures, refused, and
the company decided 70 close the works
indefinitely.
Andrew Carnegie, who owns con-
trolling interest in the stock Of the H. c.
Frick Coke Company, cabled from Scotland
that the strike must end as far as that
concern can end it. 1t is thought that this
will end the syndicate. Friek rendered his
resignation as aiInaifager, and Henry Phippe,
Jr., was CHOSEN In his stead.
Nv, II, RogerstS Co., who have secured
the old Model Le6nery plant at Freeport,
will put up the first Russian iron mill In
this couHtry. The secret ef RQking iron
| l., ., H.,
William Rogers while State Geoloeist eight.
teen years ago, when ne visited Russia
during Ex-Governor C1rtin's Ministry &c
that court.
| According to despatch dated Boston
in the Philadelphia Times, of last Saturday
General Master Workman Powderly is said
to have made ringing speech in which he
besought the workmen to abandon thu
habit Gf rum dIshking, declaring that b
| wished each and every one was eorppel,eC
to sign pledge as preliminary to mefaber
ship. Mr., Powderly will not be acandidat'
for reelection.
The Pittston Gazette Gays; "There il
hardly probability that any OF our loca
corporations will comply with the twice
month wages payment bill, at least so ia
as extended inquiry has developed til,
facts, none have made any arrangement:
to change the usual order of their pay.
Then they win G0e ,eompelled to. The tw,
weeks pay Jaw is = poor mans LAW and
as such twill be enforced.
4 --4one of the leading labor reform men il
the country declares that there is no reasol
in reasoning against strikes. He says: q
can give 1900 reasons for net striking
but still the strikes 60 on. II is the grea
phenomenon OF the nineteenth century
These strikes are the res5lt Of certain trans
forming or revolutionary forces thai ar
turning the world upside down. The frs
great reason is the missing of capital il
certain hands directed toward the attain
ment of some certain object